IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1794

NOTICE of Filing under Seal by GEORGE W. BUSH, BARACK OBAMA, ROBERT M. GATES (Berman, Julia)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 1794

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________________ ) IN RE: ) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) GUANTANAMO BAY ) DETAINEE LITIGATION ) Civil Action Nos. ) ) 05-cv-0359, 05-cv-0392, 05-cv-0429, 05-cv-0526, ) 05-cv-0994, 05-cv-0999, 05-cv-1310, 05-cv-1347, ) 05-cv-1353, 05-cv-1497, 05-cv-1504, 05-cv-2349, ) 05-cv-2385, 05-cv-2386, 06-cv-1668, 06-cv-1684, ) 06-cv-1761, 07-cv-2337, 08-cv-0987, 08-cv-1221, ) 08-cv-1233, 08-cv-2019 ) ) ________________________) NOTICE OF FILING UNDER SEAL NOTICE is hereby given that respondents have filed a submission under seal in the above-captioned cases pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.1(j), which they seek to have designated as "protected information" under the Protective Order and Procedures for Counsel Access to Detainees at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Misc. No. 08-442, Sept. 11, 2008 (Dkt. No. 409) ("Protective Order"). The submission cannot be described in any greater detail without disclosing the substance of the protected information. As required by the Protective Order, respondents have disclosed the protected information to petitioners' counsel.

Dated: June 15, 2009

Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL F. HERTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General TERRY M. HENRY Assistant Branch Director

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/s/ Julia A. Berman ANDREW I. WARDEN PAUL E. AHERN JULIA A. BERMAN (D.C. Bar No. 986228) Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Respondents

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